: a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something
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The novel is more than 1,000 pages long, funny and brilliant; despite its annoying fanboys, the book’s reputation gets ever brighter.
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Transformers One was an upset, failing to appeal to fanboys and too juvenile in its execution with a $75M production cost and mere $129M WW result.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Musk’s image in Silicon Valley was useful to the Trump campaign, bringing in new fanboy voters and sending a message that the administration would transform the government and run it like a lean start-up.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
Jason Momoa isn’t afraid to be a fanboy — especially when the star in question is Meryl Streep!
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Transformers One was an upset, failing to appeal to fanboys and too juvenile in its execution with a $75M production cost and mere $129M WW result.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Musk’s image in Silicon Valley was useful to the Trump campaign, bringing in new fanboy voters and sending a message that the administration would transform the government and run it like a lean start-up.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
Jason Momoa isn’t afraid to be a fanboy — especially when the star in question is Meryl Streep!
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Fanboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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